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Hiya!

Currently, sorting by resolution in the media pool only takes into account the first digit of the horizontal pixel count.

I.e. in descending order, you get...

8192x4320
720x576
5952x3140

Hopefully, I don't need to explain why this is very silly!

It should definitely take into account either the full horizontal pixel count or the total pixel count of the entire frame.

I.e in descending order, you should get...

8192x4320
5952x3140
720x576

Cheers.

ouch!

I have to disagree here. I would expect the current results...and be frustrated by the proposed results.

A better idea might be the option to choose the sort parameter - horizontal, vertical, or total pixels.

Jim, I think the current results are actually unexpected. They currently break "Natural Sort Order" rules which is arguably the most expected sorting method. So the number 45 should come after the number 6 because 45 is a larger number than 6 even though 45 starts with the digit 4, which is lower than 6. So in the example Alastair gave, the number 720 is less than 5952, and should be sorted as lower than 5952, even though the first digit starts with a 7 and is higher than 5.

I do agree that I would rather have an option to choose the sort priority as opposed to changing exclusively to pixel count, but currently having the resolution sort only use the first digit of a value is confusing and breaks convention.

Jim Simon wrote:I would expect the current results...and be frustrated by the proposed results.

When sorting numerical values in descending order, you would expect 720 to come before 5952 because 7 is larger than 5? That's a new one for me and I can't imagine many people would agree with that. It's certainly not how I learned to count

I don't care if the fix is horizontal pixel count or full frame pixel count but when sorting by resolution in descending order I think larger resolutions should come before smaller ones.

Oh, crap! I misread.

I thought that 720 said 7200, thus correctly putting it between 8192 and 5952.

Sorry guys.

Reading it correctly, however, I begin to wonder if this should be a Feature Request, or a Bug Report. 'Cause that current sort don't make no sense no how.

I did wonder for a moment there, Jim

Is there a bug report forum? I'd happily have posted there if I could find it. I'm often accused at home of "only having a man look" so wouldn't be surprised if I've overlooked a separate forum for bug fixes! Mods, feel free to move the thread if I've put it in the wrong place.

tyesamson wrote:Is there a bug report forum?

Just the regular forum.

viewforum.php?f=21

But maybe my 'addition' can stay as the FR. The option to sort buy Horizontal, Vertical, or Total.

Given the number of folks working with vertical footage, that might be appreciated.

I think that's a good suggestion.